All creation is groaning waiting for the revelation of God’s sons.
Summary
God wants to give birth to His kingdom in the earth through His church, and He wants to give birth to His character in our lives. The key to bringing forth God’s life in the earth is intimacy with Him through faith in Jesus.
Outline
- A lot of people are walking around hopeless.
- Prov. 13:12-13 – hope deferred makes the heart sick but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.
- A time of dreams being fulfilled is about to happen.
- Bishop Ron recently taught about heirloom faith – having the same quality and characteristics of the original seed.
- Today’s Christianity has been commercialized and has no power to reproduce.
- In Christ we have been born again by incorruptible seed.
- Pastor Mike had an experience with the Lord when his first daughter was born.
- The message was written years ago and when Mike found it, he was struck by the enthusiasm that he had then.
- Romans 8:22 – all of creation is groaning in birth pains waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.
- Doctors will not let babies stay too long in the womb because it can be bad for the baby or the mother.
- Intimacy is when brings forth pregnancy.
- The Lord wants to have intimacy with His bride.
- He wants to impregnate His people with His purposes and plans for our lives.
- There comes a time when the seed God has deposited in us must be brought to birth.
- We are also impregnated with the characteristics of God – His Holy Spirit bears witness with ours that we are children of God.
- When God is about to birth something in us, He always sends us help.
- That help can come in many forms.
- The nurse that helped birth Mike’s daughter told them that there are three forces that will bring for the birth: mommy, baby and the doctors.
- In the same way, there are different parties involved in God’s seed being brought forth in the earth.
- We have to be willing to do whatever it takes to give birth to God’s purposes in our lives.
- The Holy Spirit told Mike that we need to be willing to pay the full price to fulfill God’s will in our lives.
- Lk 2:52 – Jesus had to grow in wisdom and stature with men and God.
- We are not born into what we are intended to become when we are mature.
- In the church we have been shielded from the diseases of this world, yet now it is time for us to become infectious to the world.
- Sometimes we speak curses over our lives that hinder bringing forth what God has for us.
- The whole earth is groaning for God’s children to become who they are in Christ.